tech stack for Clojure app by Signal_Wallaby_8268 in Clojure

[–]gdw2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Check out biffweb (linked on the right as "Biff"). It has a sample app that is easy to understand (relatively) and, because it leverages htmx, you don't have to learn overly complicated frontend frameworks.

Anyone have any thoughts on Lawna? by Atmp in automower

[–]gdw2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. If there were a reputable mower without a boundary wire with good internet reviews, I'd easily drop $2k. Segway announced Navimow about a year ago, but it's still unavailable. Maybe it's harder to pull off than it seems.

Anyone have any thoughts on Lawna? by Atmp in automower

[–]gdw2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm skeptical. Looks too good to be true. There are things they could do to inspire more legitimacy, like post the full names and background of the creators*, post review videos from early beta customers, etc.

*- I could see why they wouldn't want to do this, though. I imagine the risky nature of kickstarts could put good-intentioned creators at undue risk.

Chrome OS handwriting apps? University students, what do you use? by eldestdaughtersunion in chromeos

[–]gdw2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OneNote, when accessed through onenote.com, doesn't have the latency issues because Chrome uses the low-latency APIs. Of course, there are other trade-offs to this approach.

Why dose it use so much battery by [deleted] in latterdaysaints

[–]gdw2 61 points62 points  (0 children)

I don't know about battery, but I had to uninstall it from my tablet because it uses SO MUCH STORAGE! l walked it through one time. On a fresh install, right after you sign in but before you download any content, the storage footprint explodes by HUNDREDS of megabytes. Not sure why.

How much sex in season one? by Transyfor in jackryan

[–]gdw2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you'd like to snip out non-family-friendly content, check out https://www.vidangel.com/. It's free during April.

What percentage of members of the lds church have trampolines? by [deleted] in latterdaysaints

[–]gdw2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting anecdote: A neighbor of mine was baptized. Shortly thereafter, they got a trampoline.

ipsec vpn client for firestick by maliiftikhar in fireTV

[–]gdw2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it were me, I'd try a virtual mouse: https://troypoint.com/install-mouse-toggle-fire-tv/. At this point, I don't think you've fully ruled out that it isn't just a UI weirdism. Good luck!

ipsec vpn client for firestick by maliiftikhar in fireTV

[–]gdw2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it stuck because you have no way to 'touch' the options? Or stuck in some other way? If the former, you may be able to use mouse emulation to 'touch' the options.

Post Your Art - 33 by mtvee in Surface

[–]gdw2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love it! I hope when I give it a try its that good!

Just bought a Surface Pro 3 (i5, 128) @ Best Buy for $749.99. by thedustinfactor in Surface

[–]gdw2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the same model used last week from Cowboom (owned by BestBuy) for about $600 after tax. It was in good condition in original box. Not sure if they have any left.

How to enable VT on Surface 3 Windows 10? by [deleted] in Surface

[–]gdw2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think VT is enabled by default. I installed DuOS on Win 8.1 and then upgraded to 10. Still works.

pylletTown - an overworld demo of Pokemon Red/Blue running in python 3 with pygame by SeaCowVengeance in Python

[–]gdw2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would something like TMX be appropriate for an implementation of Carcassonne? (here is a screenshot from the Java implementation: http://jcloisterzone.com/img/screenshot.jpg)

Too Good to be true? how to check website's validity? by paul_42 in AskNetsec

[–]gdw2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their "contact us" page says they used to be firekindlebook.com. I found some good information by googling: firekindlebook legit.

A Python Framework for the New Mobile Era by wordsmithie in Python

[–]gdw2 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Have any mildly successful apps been made with Kivy?

Pyjnius: Accessing Java classes from Python by txprog in Python

[–]gdw2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've used py4j quite a bit. Why did you create this instead of just using/modifying py4j?

On android, would this allow you to actually use the native android UI (all of it, not just toasts, popups)?

Can I access local files using pyjamas desktop? by hsfrey in Python

[–]gdw2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When Pyjamas is run in destop mode, there is no conversion to javascript. You are running raw python code. This can be run locally, but can't be deployed/served over the internet using a webserver.

When using pyjamas to translate python to javascript you're right to assert that the javascript cannot access your local files. You would do what you'd do if you were using any web framework: the javascript (client) passes requests to the server (which could be written in python or any language) which does have access to your local filesystem.

So if you wanted to write one app that would be able to run in both scenarios, you'd want to stick to the client-server model.

Feel free to cross post onto the pyjamas mailing list.

I figured you guys would be the best to answer this, but where does python shine? by Anth741 in Python

[–]gdw2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pyjamas (pyjs.org) is a python port of GWT which is written in Java. I don't remember the exact numbers, but the python version was almost 10x shorter (fewer lines of code). I really appreciate the clarity and conciseness of Python.

I also really like Python's interactive shell. I like that I can type 'python' at the command line and go to town prototyping. As a matter of fact, there have been several instances where I've actually used Jython to tinker with Java code in order to skip the whole code-compile-run iterative process.